March Food Drive for Merrick Food Shelf

Drop off your donations March 1-31

Let’s Pack the Pews with food!

We are partnering with Merrick Community Food Shelf to support their vital work reducing hunger in our Eastside community.

The list of the most needed items includes cooking oils and vinegars, spices, cooking sauces, proteins and grains.  Donations of these most needed items will greatly help the Merrick Food Shelf meet the specific needs of our diverse community.  If you wish to make a monetary donation, checks can be made out to Merrick Food Shelf and mailed to the church office or put in the offering plate on Sunday. 

Thanks for your support to help those in need.

List of most needed items:

1: Cooking oils and vinegars; such as canola oil, olive oil, chili oil, sesame oil, red or white wine vinegar, rice vinegar, champagne vinegar, butter, Mirin and any other cooking oils or vinegars.

2: Spices; dried chilies of all varieties, cumin, coriander, red pepper flakes, garlic, ginger, turmeric, paprika, rosemary, thyme, cinnamon, curry, cayenne pepper, Cajun seasoning, black pepper, kosher salt, bay leaves, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom, star anise, caraway, fenugreek, all spice, sage, and any other spice.

3: Cooking Sauces; Tamari or generic soy sauce, fish sauce, Worcestershire sauce, Tamarind paste, fermented bean pastes, chili pastes, coconut milk, Oyster sauce, Garlic Chili Sauce, Beef broth, Vegetable broth, Chicken broth, Sriracha or any other sauces for cooking.

4: Proteins; Peanut butter, Almond butter, cashew butter, spam, tuna, canned chicken, smoked salmon, sardines, smoked eel, or any other shelf stable proteins.

5: Grains: Jasmine rice, basmati rice, apple brand sweet rice, Kokuhu rice, Nishiki rice, artisian egg noodles, rice noodles, Soba noodles, all-purpose flour, rice flour, corn flour, fufu flour, semolina flour, whole wheat flour or any other grains.